When we first sold the idea for my book, it was August or September 2020. After the armed raid on my home in December, and everything since, new chapters add more to my journey, more conflict, more betrayal, more pain, more success, more celebrations, more of everything.
Lately I’ve been having a lot of conversations with those close to me about the symbolism of heroes.
I thought I’d share an un-edited excerpt from the chapter I wrote in the week after the raid. This was something that, at the time, I found myself writing myself into circles with. I had no answers. I still don’t. I share this though it may not make the final copy because I’m hoping together we can find clarity, purpose and resolution on what I was trying to figure out. Maybe the answer won’t come from within, but from all of you, who have been the strength behind this heroine’s symbolism for more than two years.
Excerpt——
December 10, 2020.
My hands were shaking as I tried to carefully outline the shape of my lips with …
